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Poverty Pushes Cuban Women into Sex Tourism |
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Subject: Poverty Pushes Cuban Women into Sex Tourism
Poverty Pushes Cuban Women into Sex Tourism
By Jennifer Karsseboom
Digital Freedom Network
March 26, 2003
From north to south, Havana to Santiago de Cuba, amidst the decaying
buildings, propagandizing billboards and food stores with empty
shelves there are two things in Cuba which are always in full supply:
prostitutes and sex tourists.
In a country with few employment options that offer enough upon which
to subsist and an embargo that contributes to substandard living
conditions for the majority of the population, women and girls flock
to densely populated Havana in search of sexual employment in hotels,
bars, restaurants and on the streets. Sex tourists flock to Havana and
other cities in search of a form of escapism that is cheap, safe and
exotic. In Cuba, foreign men can command Cuban women and girls with
the same ease used to order cocktails.
Cuba's current tourism boom is one not seen since the 1950s, when
under former dictator Fulgencio Batista, the island lured tourists
with promises of cheap cigars, rum, casinos and prostitutes. Cuba's
current leader, Fidel Castro, led the Cuban Revolution in 1959,
promising to free Cuba of its servitude to the rich and famous
Americans and Europeans. The post-1959 Cuban state tried to outlaw
prostitution and attempted to remedy the conditions which created a
supply of sex workers. Objectives of Castro's revolution included
initiatives aimed at opening doors to women's reintegration into the
country's socioeconomic life in terms of education, healthcare,
employment and attaining overall full gender equality. His attempts in
achieving these goals had been somewhat successful until the collapse
of communism in Eastern Europe.
With the demise of the Soviet Union, Cuba lost much of its aid and
investment as well as its ability to survive without compromising some
of its revolutionary ideals. Trade relationships with the USSR and
Eastern Europe had accounted for over two-thirds of Cuba's foreign
commerce. The country was forced to develop a new economic strategy
and as a result adopted tourism as a basic pillar.
In the meantime, the U.S. placed an embargo on Cuba aimed at bringing
down its political structure. The embargo greatly weakened, and
continues to weaken, the Cuban economy by banning trade and investment
in Cuba. Consequently, the Cuban government strengthened its attempts
to lure tourists to Cuba in order to promote revenue. As a result of
its dependence on tourism, Cuba has once again turned into a
playground for those in search of cheap cigars, rum and prostitutes.
Economic enablers for sex tourism
Aside from the tasty mojitos and astounding music scene, one of Cuba's
greatest lures to the male tourist is its booming sex tourism
industry. Sex tourism, a sub-sector of Cuba's prosperous tourist
economy, is a significant industry and a major employer for many Cuban
women and girls. This is obvious by the number of women seen in the
streets, bars and hotels openly soliciting foreign men. It is
difficult to obtain statistics on the number of sex tourists and sex
workers since it is considered illegal but what is known is that
one-fourth of the investments in Cuba have been made in the tourist
industry, making it one of the country's most dynamic economic
sectors.
Cuban tourist agencies do a great deal of business with other tourist
agencies in places like the Bahamas. Tourists from all over the world
pre-book, and in some cases booking on the spot, tours that are thinly
disguised weekend sex tours to Havana. In addition to Mexico, the
Bahamas serves as a conduit for those tourists, particularly
Americans, who are unable to legally travel to Cuba.
Nobody is prohibiting the business and although it is illegal, the
Cuban government does nothing to stop it. Sex tourists bring money
into the Cuban economy by drawing money to hotels, restaurants and
other state-run businesses. Castro has declared, "Sex tourism will
never be permitted, nor drugs nor anything of that sort. This is
healthy tourism, and that is what we want; it is what we promote
because we know that today tourists are worried about their safety and
we have conditions to offer them that security."
Despite the fact that the government does not "permit," promote or
legalize sex tourism, a handful of underground tour operators are
catering to American and European travelers by promoting trips through
advertisements in adult magazines, direct-mail solicitations and
referrals from satisfied clients. To help the industry thrive, Cuban
authorities and government officials look the other way so that the
local economy can receive the foreign currency and foreign men that
sexualized travel attracts.
Sex tourism has bloomed in part as a result of "dollarization," which
is the legalized use of the U.S. dollar in Cuba in addition to pesos,
the national currency. The U.S. dollar was legalized in Cuba as an
attempt to boost the stagnant economy but instead has created a
two-tiered society in Cuba: the privileged foreigners and the
underprivileged locals.
In an effort to get more tourist dollars, the government created
tourist stores, restaurants, nightclubs, hotels and even taxis that
are accessible to foreigners with hard currency. Dollarization, in
conjunction with the embargo, has opened the door to a proliferation
of prostitution called "jineterismo" (a derogatory word translated
literally to "horseback riding", in colloquial form translating to
"gold-digger").
Working the industry
Unlike prostitution in the U.S. and other wealthy nations, Cuban sex
workers are not organized or integrated into networks controlled by
"pimps" and it is not just a direct exchange of sexual relations for
dollars. "Jineterismo" often means the exchange of sexual favors for
food, clothing or other basic needs.
At a rooftop restaurant overlooking the Malecon, Cuba's shoreline
which runs almost the entire length of Havana, scores of Cuban men can
be found working as translators for the women and their potential
clients in hopes of getting a small cut, perhaps a drink and on a
successful day a full meal. On the streets some men remind the passing
tourists that they know beautiful Cuban women who would like to know
foreigners and also make the introductions between the foreign men and
Cuban women.
One such man is Manuel who explained that he passes entire days trying
to make such introductions. "I become richer by introducing foreign
men to Cuban ladies than I would working any government paid job. All
day I do this work. It is more money than working in a store or
anywhere else," he remarked. "Besides, I wouldn't get a job in a hotel
or restaurant because I am black. Only the white Cubans are working
with tourists making dollars. In Cuba, if you have no dollars, you
have nothing." When asked if he controlled the women's business he
laughed and added, "No, they control my business. They give me
something and the tourist gives me something for making the meeting."
Horse jockeys and gold-diggers
In Cuba, one would find that many of the "jineteras" are young and
most are of African descent. Some are medical students, some used to
be professors or doctors. A few continue to hold professional
positions during the day and work as prostitutes in the hotels and
bars at night. One thing most have in common is that they are well
educated and multi-lingual.
While others call them "jiniteras", they call themselves "Cuban
girlfriends" for foreigners and their job duties range from
accompanying lonely businessmen on tours of Cuba to escorting them to
dinner and then often back to their hotels. Generally, one of the only
times a Cuban woman is let into a "tourist" hotel is when she is
accompanying a foreign man.
Another thing these women have in common is their choice of
prostitution as a profession is out of necessity. None of them appear
to work to support drug habits or college education; they work to
survive and ensure their families' survival.
"Jineterismo" as a profession has arisen largely due to the fact that
it takes approximately $100 a month to live comfortably in Havana
today, but government salaries in pesos are worth, at most, a fifth of
that. In Cuba, a prostitute can earn in a week the equivalent of a
doctor's annual salary paid by the state in pesos. Outside of the
tourism industry, where workers make tips in dollars, all jobs are
paid in pesos and salaries come from the Cuban government since the
government runs all industries. Government salaries for professionals,
such as professors and engineers, paid in pesos total close to $10 a
month. Many establishments will not even accept their own national
currency because of its minimal value, welcoming only U.S. dollars and
making it impossible for those who do not work in the tourism industry
to obtain dollars to buy goods.
Basic necessities are rationed and available at affordable prices;
however, the ration amounts generally last just two weeks. People are
forced to pay exorbitant free-market dollar prices to survive the rest
of the month. Food rations have become the norm since Cuba does not
produce enough food to feed the nation and importing food is complex
due to costs and the embargo.
Another problem is that centralized planning has led to difficulties
in agriculture and food distribution. With food rations being cut to
malnutrition levels, the average family can live only if it somehow
obtains dollars. This makes prostitution all the more appealing for
women who are trying to support themselves or their families. Though
prostitution does not appear to be an option for men, they are also
abandoning their professional positions and choosing to work in the
tourism industry as bar tenders, parking valets, bellhops and waiters
in hopes of making dollars. Dollars are the means of survival in Cuba,
where one in eleven people holds a university degree and there are
more doctors and teachers per capita than almost any where else in the
world.
A different kind of foreign aid
In speaking with men who seek "jineteras," their motivation appears
clear. Feelings of being uninhibited and the ability to do many things
that are not tolerated at home encourage men to enjoy the sense of
exoticism that includes relations with women from different a race.
Paying for sex in Cuba is inexpensive and many say that there is less
risk of arrest and fines than in their home countries. The men that
frequent the tourist bars, clubs and restaurants (which are tailored
for tourists, not Cubans) are from all over the world, including
Germany, Canada, Spain, Italy and the U.S., despite travel
restrictions. One American man said he believed he was assisting Cuban
women by paying them for sexual favors on a regular basis.
His view is not unique. In fact, proponents of sex tourism bring up
such arguments remarking that sex tourists are giving a kind of
foreign aid. They reason that for a change the money does not
disappear into the pockets of corrupt politicians and bureaucrats, and
it is not being spent on weapons or senseless prestige projects.
Instead, it goes straight into the pockets of the poor population.
Social stigmas attached to survival
For Cuban men, opinions of the "jineteras" vary but the majority
consider the "jinetera" to be ignoble wives, mothers or daughters who
are greedy "whores" that are ruining Cuba's integrity.
Vladimir, who bartends at a hotel that caters to tourists, asked not
to be identified and stated bitterly, "A Cuban man cannot get a Cuban
woman. All she wants is tourists so she can get money. She is hoping
one will marry her and take her away from here, from Cuba." When asked
how he felt about this he stated, "I think they are whores! I can't
get a girlfriend; nobody can get a girlfriend. If you are Cuban, they
turn their noses [up] at you!"
Many Cuban men, employed and unemployed, revealed the same sense of
shame, disdain and anger for the "jineteras," whom they find somewhat
embarrassing and unjustified in their choice of profession. Another
issue appears to be that "machismo" is being compromised as the women
("jineteras") are contributing more money to the household than the
men. While their work brings shame to husbands, fathers and brothers
it is often a substantial part of many families' incomes.
One sex worker, Lucy, pointed out that in some cases it is not
necessarily much of a choice. Lucy had a simple response to the
general male response to "jineterismo". She asked, "But do they bring
money home to feed us?" Lucy candidly explained in perfect English,
"They would do it too if they could, if women were always looking for
sex and not able to always get it for free." In Cuba, one does not see
women seeking the sexual services of men in public and therefore, the
sex industry is not much of an option for men as a means of survival.
Not only does Lucy speak perfect English, she also speaks German,
French, Russian and is learning Turkish so she can have an edge on the
"Turkish market," as there has been an influx on Turkish men seeking
Cuban women. When asked what she did before sex work she smiled,
ignored the question, and mumbled that all this talk was ruining her
business. Lucy said she was working that day for a $10 phone card to
call her mother in southern Cuba.
Lucy's comments are echoed by other "jineteras" throughout Cuba: Women
work for sex tourists because they feel they are responsible for
taking care of the children and making sure that they can maintain the
household economy. During shortages of soap, food, clothing and other
basic necessities, they have to carefully strategize so they can
provide for their families. If a woman is unable to provide her family
with the basic necessities, she is considered a failure and bad mother
or wife. She is left to deal with the guilt and scorn within a society
that has created these terms. Unfortunately, for women working in the
Cuban sex industry who find a way to provide, they are also left to
deal with the guilt and shame associated with terms such as
"jineterismo."
In any case, it is the women who must either make do with less, or
find ways to earn more. In the struggle to survive as well as keep
culture and family alive, many women will turn to whatever means are
available in order to persevere. And as men leave their families and
flee Cuba in search of work and better lives in richer nations, women
are left with the burden of providing for themselves and their
families in a society that pushes them into a way of life that it
shuns.
http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/develop/2003/0326cuba.htm
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"pedro martori" <pedro1940@progression.net> wrote in message news:<brudnce2qpCQWpzcRVn-uw@look.ca>...
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Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 01:20:39 +0200
From: <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: Poverty Pushes Cuban Women into Sex Tourism
Poverty Pushes Cuban Women into Sex Tourism
By Jennifer Karsseboom
Digital Freedom Network
March 26, 2003
From north to south, Havana to Santiago de Cuba, amidst the decaying
buildings, propagandizing billboards and food stores with empty
shelves there are two things in Cuba which are always in full supply:
prostitutes and sex tourists.
"Most prostitutes in Cuba offer affection and company without time
limits to
any foreign tourist, rather than sex for a specific period of time at
a
preestablished rate, as occurs in most countries.
"For Cuba's sex workers, every foreigner with dollars represents a
potential
lasting relationship, which could continue throughout the tourist's
visit,
be maintained later by mail, and even turn into a possible route for
leaving
the country."
"Health-Cuba: Sex Workers Shun Condoms, Risking Disease," IPS, October
16,
2002
Not exactly Thailand, Bosnia or Israel with their rampant sex-slave
industries, now is it?
In a country with few employment options that offer enough upon which
to subsist and an embargo that contributes to substandard living
conditions for the majority of the population, women and girls flock
to densely populated Havana in search of sexual employment in hotels,
bars, restaurants and on the streets. Sex tourists flock to Havana and
other cities in search of a form of escapism that is cheap, safe and
exotic. In Cuba, foreign men can command Cuban women and girls with
the same ease used to order cocktails.
[snip]
You love this part, don't you, Pedro? Here, you seem to be celebrating
the fact at even Amnesty International must now concede that your
beloved embargo is:
1. "highly detrimental to Cubans' enjoyment of a range of economic,
social
and cultural rights,"
2. "has had a very significant negative impact on the overall
performance
of the national economy, diverting the optimal allocation of resources
from
the prioritized areas and affecting the health programmes and
services,"
3. "compromises the quality of life of the population, specifically
the
children, the elderly and the infirm,"
4. "is used to harm the most vulnerable members of society."
In a recent report critical of Cuba, even the UN Human Rights
Comission was forced to concede that, "It is also impossible to ignore
the disastrous and lasting economic and social effects of the embargo
imposed on the Cuban population over 40 years ago."
Since these reports were published, the embargo has been intensified
to cause even more suffering in Cuba. Makes you proud don't it, Nazi
boy!
See "Cuba Under Siege" at my website.
Dan
Visit my CUBA: Issues & Answers website at
http://www.netcom.ca/~dchris/CubaFAQ.html
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Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 01:20:39 +0200
From: <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: Poverty Pushes Cuban Women into Sex Tourism
Poverty Pushes Cuban Women into Sex Tourism
By Jennifer Karsseboom
Digital Freedom Network
March 26, 2003
The freedom loving Neocons in the USA, think were free, because
the government deploys armed sex police between consenting ADULTS!!!
In the USA only the top 20% are allowed to legally have sex.
"Most prostitutes in Cuba offer affection and company without time
limits to
any foreign tourist, rather than sex for a specific period of time at
a
preestablished rate, as occurs in most countries.
"For Cuba's sex workers, every foreigner with dollars represents a
potential
lasting relationship, which could continue throughout the tourist's
visit,
be maintained later by mail, and even turn into a possible route for
leaving
the country."
"Health-Cuba: Sex Workers Shun Condoms, Risking Disease," IPS, October
16,
2002
Not exactly Thailand, Bosnia or Israel with their rampant sex-slave
industries, now is it?
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pedro martori wrote:
Message: 1
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 01:20:39 +0200
From: <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: Poverty Pushes Cuban Women into Sex Tourism
Poverty Pushes Cuban Women into Sex Tourism
By Jennifer Karsseboom
Digital Freedom Network
March 26, 2003
How many women do you think are pushed into prostitution because of poverty
in the U.S.?
I see little difference between Cuba's prostitution and the U.S.'s except
the hypocrisy involved.
If Bush cared about the Cuban people more than the Cuban vote in Florida he
would get rid of trade and travel barriers and start opening Cuba up
through peaceful means.
"Sex tourism" is to Cuba what "WMD" was to Iraq an excuse to oppress and
take control.
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23 Jul 2004 09:57:22 PM |
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You are right... but just afew little questions ...=20
HOW MANY DOCTORS ( MDs ) IN THE the USA OR ANY COUNTRY GO TO THE =
STREETS HUSTLING FOR MONEY IN EXCHANGE FOR SEX ?
How many american with a Diploma or graduated from a college do you =
see forced to do prostitution as it is seen in the gulag ???
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pedro martori wrote:
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 01:20:39 +0200
From: <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: Poverty Pushes Cuban Women into Sex Tourism
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Poverty Pushes Cuban Women into Sex Tourism
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By Jennifer Karsseboom
Digital Freedom Network
March 26, 2003
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How many women do you think are pushed into prostitution because of =
poverty
in the U.S.?
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I see little difference between Cuba's prostitution and the U.S.'s =
except
the hypocrisy involved.
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If Bush cared about the Cuban people more than the Cuban vote in =
Florida he
would get rid of trade and travel barriers and start opening Cuba up
through peaceful means.
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"Sex tourism" is to Cuba what "WMD" was to Iraq an excuse to oppress =
and
take control.
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"pedro martori" <pedro1940@progression.net> wrote in message news:<DvCdnS4G2qKTTZzcRVn-rA@look.ca>...
You are right... but just afew little questions ...
HOW MANY DOCTORS ( MDs ) IN THE the USA OR ANY COUNTRY GO TO THE
STREETS HUSTLING FOR MONEY IN EXCHANGE FOR SEX ?
How many american with a Diploma or graduated from a college do you
see forced to do prostitution as it is seen in the gulag ???
Well exactly how many doctors are doing this in Cuba? Be honest, have
you been watching FOX NEWS again? :)
I guess these Cuban doctors hustling for sex are in the same place the
Iraq WMD will be found i.e. nowhere. Or the same type of reporting
about Iraqi soldiers killing babies in Kuwati hospitals (also turned
out false after tearful testimony to congres) or the Jessica Lynch
episode how she fought to the last bullet and was tortured when really
the Iraqi people (doctors) tended to her wounds. Wake up and smell
the cheese you are being lied to.
Have you ever considered that the SEX industry is just plain good
business sense? It makes a boatload of cash in America and with
wealthy foreigners probably even more lucrative in Cuba. You only have
to look at the Phillipenes to see how profitable SEX can be. Try using
your brain instead of just being spoon feed your opinion.
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pedro martori wrote:
Message: 1
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 01:20:39 +0200
From: <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: Poverty Pushes Cuban Women into Sex Tourism
Poverty Pushes Cuban Women into Sex Tourism
By Jennifer Karsseboom
Digital Freedom Network
March 26, 2003
How many women do you think are pushed into prostitution because of
poverty
in the U.S.?
I see little difference between Cuba's prostitution and the U.S.'s
except
the hypocrisy involved.
If Bush cared about the Cuban people more than the Cuban vote in
Florida he
would get rid of trade and travel barriers and start opening Cuba up
through peaceful means.
"Sex tourism" is to Cuba what "WMD" was to Iraq an excuse to oppress
and
take control.
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Un matrimonio hacia turismo por España, y dentro de los lugares a
visitar querian ver los toros tan caracteristicos. El guia los lleva a
ver una cuadra de sementales y les comienza a explicar:
- Este es un toro de 400 Kg -dice mientras señala al animal-que
realiza 4 montas diarias.
La mujer abre grandes sus ojos y le dice a su marido:
- ¿Escuchaste?
El guia continua:
- Este es otro toro, como pueden ver es mas grande, tiene casi 500 Kg
y realiza alrededor de 6 montas diarias.
-¿Escuchaste?-dice la mujer volviendo a codear a su marido.
-Pero este es el verdadero semental-dice el guia- pesa 800 Kg y
realiza 20 montas diarias !
Antes que su mujer abra la boca el hombre pregunta:
-Perdone señor,pero este toro, ¿ realiza las 20 montas con la misma
vaca?
- No, claro que no, siempre con vacas distintas.
El hombre sonrie, codea a su mujer y le dice:
-¿Escuchaste?
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pedro martori wrote:
You are right... but just afew little questions ...
HOW MANY DOCTORS ( MDs ) IN THE the USA OR ANY COUNTRY GO TO THE
STREETS HUSTLING FOR MONEY IN EXCHANGE FOR SEX ?
How many american with a Diploma or graduated from a college do you see
forced to do prostitution as it is seen in the gulag ???
If what you're saying is true, you can put the bulk of the responsibility at
the doorstep of the U.S. government.
From your article:
In the meantime, the U.S. placed an embargo on Cuba aimed at bringing
down its political structure. The embargo greatly weakened, and
continues to weaken, the Cuban economy by banning trade and investment
in Cuba.
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pedro martori wrote:
Message: 1
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 01:20:39 +0200
From: <pl@pandora.be>
Subject: Poverty Pushes Cuban Women into Sex Tourism
Poverty Pushes Cuban Women into Sex Tourism
By Jennifer Karsseboom
Digital Freedom Network
March 26, 2003
How many women do you think are pushed into prostitution because of
poverty in the U.S.?
I see little difference between Cuba's prostitution and the U.S.'s except
the hypocrisy involved.
If Bush cared about the Cuban people more than the Cuban vote in Florida
he would get rid of trade and travel barriers and start opening Cuba up
through peaceful means.
"Sex tourism" is to Cuba what "WMD" was to Iraq an excuse to oppress and
take control.
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pedro martori wrote:
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You are right... but just afew little questions ...
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HOW MANY DOCTORS ( MDs ) IN THE the USA OR ANY COUNTRY GO TO THE
STREETS HUSTLING FOR MONEY IN EXCHANGE FOR SEX ?
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How many american with a Diploma or graduated from a college do =
you see=20
forced to do prostitution as it is seen in the gulag ???
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If what you're saying is true, you can put the bulk of the =
responsibility at
the doorstep of the U.S. government.
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From your article:
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In the meantime, the U.S. placed an embargo on Cuba aimed at bringing
down its political structure. The embargo greatly weakened, and
continues to weaken, the Cuban economy by banning trade and investment
in Cuba.
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WHERE DID YOU LEAVE THE $$$$$ 35,000 MILLIONS $$$$$ IN FINANTIAL AND =
SUBSIDES ASSISTANCE BY THE EX- SOVIETS AND ...PLUS THE GRANTED CREDITS =
BY A DOZEN CAPITALISTS NATIONS IN THE 70s AND THAT ALTOGETHER AMOUNTED =
TO $10 BILLIONS MORE. ???
Now tell me again that the culprit of all that misery and ruins is =
because the "embargo"...je,je,je
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Poverty Pushes Cuban Women into Sex Tourism
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By Jennifer Karsseboom
Digital Freedom Network
March 26, 2003
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How many women do you think are pushed into prostitution because of
poverty in the U.S.?
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I see little difference between Cuba's prostitution and the U.S.'s =
except
the hypocrisy involved.
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If Bush cared about the Cuban people more than the Cuban vote in =
Florida
he would get rid of trade and travel barriers and start opening =
Cuba up
through peaceful means.
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"Sex tourism" is to Cuba what "WMD" was to Iraq an excuse to =
oppress and
take control.
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